Tuesday, September 2, 2008

123 die of AIDS in Bangladesh last year

Our Correspondent, Jessore




A total of 123 persons died from AIDS and attacked 365 persons in the year 2007 in Bangladesh and a total of 21 lakh persons died by AIDS in the world. Among them 17 lakh were adults and 3 lakh 30 thousand were children during this period. It was disclosed in a workshop at a local hotel arranged by Gubo Bandar Health Shava with the divisional officials of Family Planning and Welfare Ministry on 9th August. In this workshop also told that 3 crore 35 lakh people are living with the HIV germs in the world. Those who takes drug injection they were the most valnerable. Excepting this various women sea workers and truck labour and rickshaw sramik are the top most in the risk.



Those who are attacked with the AIDS most of them are 15 to 24 years of age. The government of Bangladesh are working with the help of various NGO's by the hands of AIDS.



Dr Aftabuddin Director of Health Department Khulna presided over the workshop. Speakers among others were Director of Family Planning Khulna Md Ziarul Islam, Program Manager National STD/AIDS programme Dr. Ferdous Alam Shibir, Deputy Programme Manager Dr Hanibuddin, programme manager of Sabe blood purification Department Dr Dr Belayet Hossain, National Adviser Jubo Bandav Health Sheva of Addin Dr AKM Shamsuddin, Departmental Adviser Dr Mahmood Hossain and Focus Person Director programme of Addin Welfare Centre and GFA TM Project Dr AKM Rezaul Haque.



Deputy Programme Manager of National STD/AIDS programme Dr Hanifuddin and the co-ordinator Jubo-Bandav Health Sheva programme Dr. Mohiruddin Khandoker read out the keynotes of the projects.

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